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The cost of the Megaprocessor is documented here: http://www.megaprocessor.com/Cost_Materials.html http://www.megaprocessor.com/Cost_Materials.html The Megapro
by mrob 10y ago
The cost of the Megaprocessor is documented here:
http://www.megaprocessor.com/Cost_Materials.html http://www.megaprocessor.com/Cost_Materials.html
The Megaprocessor uses through hole components. Something similar using surface mount components could be substantially cheaper, mostly because it could be smaller. This means it will need less of all the expensive supporting parts. The components themselves are only a small part of the cost.
- krkoch 10y agoNice. This also reflects my experience that the connectors often are the most expensive electronic parts :)
- badsock 10y agoYou're right; still costs $1-5k though: http://monster6502.com/ http://monster6502.com/
- jacquesm 10y agoNeat project. Nice quote from that page: "How big would a modern CPU be at this scale? The Apple A8X, found in the iPad Air 2, contains about 3 billion transistors. (This is comparable to the number of transistors in modern desktop computer CPUs as well.) At the scale of the MOnSter 6502, that would take about 885,000 square feet (82000 square meters) — an area about 940 ft (286 m) square."
- jameshart 10y agoBut fault diagnosis and repair would be more complex.
- hatsunearu 10y agoIndividual SMT parts are cheaper part-by-part, on average too.